Teenager Issamade Asinga, from Suriname, was banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for four years for an anti-doping rule violation.
Asinga was born in Atlanta and grew up in Zambia, where his mother, Ngozi Mwanamwambwa, was born. His father is former track and field athlete Tommy Asinga. The senior Asinga continues to hold the Surinamese national records for 400m, 800m and 1500m, and competed at three Olympic Games, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, and Atlanta 1996.
Testing positive
It was the younger who tested positive for the “Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.”
Asinga was provisionally suspended by the AIU last August after testing positive for metabolites of GW1516 in an out-of-competition test on 18 July.
He appealed, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) declined his assertion that the PED came from contaminated Gatorade Gummies.
The 19-year-old appealed against the First Instance Decision of the Tribunal, which found that he had breached the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (ADR 2.1) relating to the “Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.”
Asinga failed to convince the CAS that the PED was consumed from Gatorade Gummies. He claimed that the gummies were contaminated.
He indicated that he had ingested Gatorade gummies one week prior to his sample collection for the doping control. The matter was heard by the WA Disciplinary Tribunal, which issued a decision on May 17, 2024, that Asinga had committed an ADRV and was sanctioned with a
four-year period of ineligibility.
What is GW1516?
GW1516/GW501516 is Cardarine, Endurobol and is a research chemical and experimental drug that was abandoned during clinical development due to serious health risks. It was abandoned, specifically its link to rapid cancer development in animal studies. The drug is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARδ) agonist.
It was dropped due to its health risks.
At age 19, it would be worth finding out if Asinga is coached or managed by his father, a former athlete. If so, whoever manages the teen should face serious consequences, considering the “rapid cancer growth” found in tests.
